D. Bernardi Doctoris Mellitissimi, Ac Primi Abbatis Claravallensis Coenobis Operum, Quibus Adiecimus Eiusdem Autoris Opuscula, non mius quam caetera omnis, & Aurea, & Divinissima by Bernardi Claravallensis [Bernard of Clairveaux] - 1575

La Georgica di Virgilio, 1549 Nuovamente di latina in toscana favella, per Bernardino Daniello tradotta, e commentata. Appresso Ioan. Gryphio, In Venetia (Venice). [7], 105 leaves ill. 21 cm. Language: Italian descriptor: Agriculture -- Poetry. Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into Italian. Named Person: Virgil. Georgica -- Translations into Italian. Note(s): Printer's device on t.p.; initials./ Translation of Georgica. 1549 Collation as follows with corresponding notes to the colophons and images. [blank], a4-b4; Primo-A4-H4; Secunda-I4, K4-P4; Terzo-P4 verso, Q4-T4; V4, X4; Quarto- X4 verso, Y4-Z4; AA4-CC4, [blank]. 1549. Type set at last page. Four etchings three similar and one different.
A very nice and rare book in excellent condition from the famous presses of Giovanni Gryphio. The translation of Virgil's works.
Bernardo Daniello was a native of Luca and died in Padua in 1565. This work was published during his life and is a translation of Virgil's four works. He was known as a… Read More

Small octavo, contemporary pale calf, double rule to covers, red morocco label lettered gilt, crest gilt on spine, five raised bands, pp.xxviii, 140, two leaves misbound, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earls of Drogheda, a fine copy.
See Printing & the Mind of Man, 47 [first edition Louvain 1516]. Not in Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books, Cambridge University Library.

FIRST DUBLIN PRINTING OF SIR THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA.
Thomas More's Utopia is a work of satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. In Utopia the Utopians have eliminated wealth, the nobility, private property, and currency. Labour and goods are distributed equally. Property is held in common. Everyone works the same hours and even though the rulers are exempt from public labour, they work to set a good example for the others. Work hours are equally distributed and there are no monasteries, convents, alehouses, or academies wherein an individual might withdraw from the rest of society. All… Read More

London: Edward Jeffrey, 1794. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Lxvii, 288 Pp. First Printing. Original Tree Calf, Re-Backed Long Ago With A New Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt. Very Large Heraldic Bookplate Over An Earlier Postage-Stamp-Size Bookplate Which Left A Faint Offset On The Facing Page. Some Page Numbers And Brief Reader's Notes On Rear Pastedown, One Line In Ink, The Others In Pencil. Boards Quite Worn, Calf Frayed Through Almost Entirely Along Edges, Re-Backing Entirely Intact And Secure.

1547 LAW Andrea Alciati Commentary on Justinian Codex Catholic & Byzantine FOLIO

"Plenitudo potestatis nihil aliud est quam violentia." (The fullness of power is nothing more than violence).
― Andrea Alciati

Andrea Alciati was a 16th-century Italian author who is best known for his famed book of Emblemata. And while his emblems brought him recognition, he also published an important annotated commentary on Justinian's 'Codex'. During his study of law in Bourges, Alciati began writing 'Ad Rescripta Principum Commentarii'.

'Codex', part of 'Corpus Juris Civilis', was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner. Recognizing that the law system needed to be fixed, 'Codex' covers ecclesiastical law, criminal and civil law, the way laws were written and put into effect, duties of government officials, and proper administrative regulations.

This 1547 edition is notable for being the last edition published during Alicati's lifetime.

Item number: #8305
Price: $950
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1790 1ed Mably Rights of Man Duties Citizen Philosophy French Revolution 8v SET
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably was a French philosopher and historian who is most-known for his diplomatic writings and letters. He wrote works on the history of the Greeks, Romans, Polish, French, early United States history, Phoenicians, and much, much more. This 1790 set of the complete works of Mably was printed in eight distinct tomes with all 21 volumes.
This set also includes Mably's most important work 'The Rights of Man and Duties of Citizens'. In this work, Mably warned France against events that would later develop during the French Revolution! Many of the concepts found in this work would contribute to what would be communism, though his writings were aimed toward and appealed to the poor.
Item number: #14750
Price: $950
MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de.
Oeuvres complettes de Mably.
Paris : Volland, Desray, 1790.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 21 volumes in 8 tomes
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Language: French
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La Georgica di Virgilio, 1549 Nuovamente di latina in toscana favella, per Bernardino Daniello tradotta, e commentata. Appresso Ioan. Gryphio, In Venetia (Venice). [7], 105 leaves ill. 21 cm. Language: Italian descriptor: Agriculture -- Poetry. Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into Italian. Named Person: Virgil. Georgica -- Translations into Italian. Note(s): Printer's device on t.p.; initials./ Translation of Georgica. 1549 Collation as follows with corresponding notes to the colophons and images. [blank], a4-b4; Primo-A4-H4; Secunda-I4, K4-P4; Terzo-P4 verso, Q4-T4; V4, X4; Quarto- X4 verso, Y4-Z4; AA4-CC4, [blank]. 1549. Type set at last page. Four etchings three similar and one different.
A very nice and rare book in excellent condition from the famous presses of Giovanni Gryphio. The translation of Virgil's works.
Bernardo Daniello was a native of Luca and died in Padua in 1565. This work was published during his life and is a translation of Virgil's four works. He was known as a… Read More

Small octavo, contemporary pale calf, double rule to covers, red morocco label lettered gilt, crest gilt on spine, five raised bands, pp.xxviii, 140, two leaves misbound, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earls of Drogheda, a fine copy.
See Printing & the Mind of Man, 47 [first edition Louvain 1516]. Not in Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books, Cambridge University Library.

FIRST DUBLIN PRINTING OF SIR THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA.
Thomas More's Utopia is a work of satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. In Utopia the Utopians have eliminated wealth, the nobility, private property, and currency. Labour and goods are distributed equally. Property is held in common. Everyone works the same hours and even though the rulers are exempt from public labour, they work to set a good example for the others. Work hours are equally distributed and there are no monasteries, convents, alehouses, or academies wherein an individual might withdraw from the rest of society. All… Read More

London: Edward Jeffrey, 1794. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Lxvii, 288 Pp. First Printing. Original Tree Calf, Re-Backed Long Ago With A New Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt. Very Large Heraldic Bookplate Over An Earlier Postage-Stamp-Size Bookplate Which Left A Faint Offset On The Facing Page. Some Page Numbers And Brief Reader's Notes On Rear Pastedown, One Line In Ink, The Others In Pencil. Boards Quite Worn, Calf Frayed Through Almost Entirely Along Edges, Re-Backing Entirely Intact And Secure.

1790 1ed Mably Rights of Man Duties Citizen Philosophy French Revolution 8v SET
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably was a French philosopher and historian who is most-known for his diplomatic writings and letters. He wrote works on the history of the Greeks, Romans, Polish, French, early United States history, Phoenicians, and much, much more. This 1790 set of the complete works of Mably was printed in eight distinct tomes with all 21 volumes.
This set also includes Mably's most important work 'The Rights of Man and Duties of Citizens'. In this work, Mably warned France against events that would later develop during the French Revolution! Many of the concepts found in this work would contribute to what would be communism, though his writings were aimed toward and appealed to the poor.
Item number: #14750
Price: $950
MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de.
Oeuvres complettes de Mably.
Paris : Volland, Desray, 1790.

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages; 21 volumes in 8 tomes
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Language: French
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1648 RARE Lanfranc 11th c. Archbishop of Canterbury Metaphysics Philosophy FOLIO
Lanfranc was an 11th-century Italian jurist known for his conversion to a Benedictine monk in Normandy. Lanfranc eventually became known as Lanfranc of Canterbury when he became the Archbishop of Canterbury. While few written works of Lanfranc exist today, his best-known book was 'De Corpore et Sanguine Domini' – a metaphysical work describing the differences between substance and accident. This, along with Lanfranc's other minor works, is included in this 1648 Lutetia edition.

Item number: #16057
Price: $950
LANFRANC
Beati Lanfranci Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi Opera omnia, qvæ reperiri potuerunt, evulgavit Lucas Dacherius ... : Vitam, et epistolas notis, et observationibus
Lutetiæ Parisiorum : sumptibus Ioannis Billaine, 1648.

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[18], 44; 386; [2], 107 (i.e. 97), [45]
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~15in X… Read More